Ambition – An Interview
What is your great ambition?
Immortal fame. To write the best poems ever.
And when you realized
that was unrealistic? That never
happened. I just toned it down.
Submitted everywhere. Took part
in competitions. To this day,
every rejection breaks my heart.
What was your first ambition?
To be a saint. My model was Teresa
of Avila. And when you realized
that was unrealistic? At Easter
I think of it. But holiness
must be an accident, like sin.
There are such beautiful temptations,
and bliss in giving in.
Gail White is a formalist poet, contributing editor to Light Poetry Magazine, cat lover, long-time resident of South Louisiana. Laissez les bon temps rouler!
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